Tenor viola da gamba (?)

Johann Joseph Elsler (German, died in 1747)

1725–50

Object PlaceMainz, Germany

Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce

DimensionsLength 74.7 cm, width 27.5 cm (Length 29 7/16 in., width 10 13/16 in.)

Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection

Accession number17.1714

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsIn ink (?) inside: [illegible]; manuscript repair label: Donald Warnock / Lute Maker / Brewer St. Cambridge Mass / Repaired Feb. 1962ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)